Management

Mr. Kenneth Baker, is jointly the Deputy Managing Director, Regulation and the Director of the Banking, Insolvency and Fiduciary Services Division. He joined the Financial Services Department in June 2000 as the Inspector of Banks and Trust Companies after a private sector career in Banking. He was appointed Deputy Managing Director, Regulation in April 2005.

Ms. Dawn Smith, joined the Commission in January, 2013 after a long career in the private and public sectors. She is a member of the BVI Bar Association and currently serves as Chairperson of the BVI Chapter of the Caribbean Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Mrs. Myrna Herbert, was appointed Registrar of Companies in 1998 after serving as Deputy Registrar for three years. Prior to her appointment as Registrar, she had a long public service career. She was appointed Director, Registry of Corporate Affairs on the introduction of the Financial Services Commission in 2002.

Mr. Glenford Malone, has over a decade of experience within the regulatory environment, having first worked as an assistant Registrar of Mutual Funds for the Financial Services Department and later with the Financial Services Commission from 2002. He was promoted from Senior Regulator to Deputy Director, Investment Business in 2006. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and is a trained Financial Examiner in relation to the IMF/FATF Methodology of Assessing Compliance with the FATF 40 Recommendations plus 9 Special Recommendations.

Prior to joining the Commission, Mr. Stephen Grayson, worked with the Financial Conduct Authority (UK) in the Enforcement and Market Oversight Division as a Regulatory Lawyer/ Investigator. He brings over 20 years of experience to the Commission, including extensive experience in financial crime. From 1991 until 2010, he worked as a senior lawyer in the UK Government Legal Service, providing advice to Government Departments on UK Company and Insolvency law and conducting criminal proceedings for the Crown in serious cases of corporate and insolvency fraud. He has specialist expertise in the areas of financial crime, confiscation and recovery of criminal assets and financial regulatory misconduct. He was an Advocacy Trainer at the Inner Temple from 2006 to 2015 and has taught criminal law and Human Rights law at the UK Civil Service College.

Ms. Trevecca Hodge, has been employed with the Commission since its inception in 2002 and has over nine years of regulatory experience, primarily in the Commission's Insurance Division. She began her career in regulation at the Commission as a Regulator I and rose through the ranks; having most recently served in the capacity of Senior Regulator from 2010. She was appointed as the Deputy Director, Insurance in May 2012.

Mr. Leon Wheatley, commenced his employment with the Financial Services Commission in August, 2002 and subsequently served in various capacities within the Investment Business Division for approximately eight years. He was then seconded to the Compliance Inspection Unit where he served for three years. After serving two years as the Asia Representative in BVI House Asia, he is now the Deputy Director of the Compliance Inspection Unit.

Mrs. Yolanda McCoy, joined the Commission in January, 2007 after a long career in the Banking industry. She is responsible for coordinating the Banking Insolvency and Fiduciary Services across all financial services regulated entities. She has also been providing oversight to the Banking and Approved Persons Units. She has 10 years of regulatory experience and over 30 years of banking experience.

Ms. Trecia Dawson was appointed as the Commission’s Deputy Director, Training and Development with effect from 2 September, 2019. Ms. Dawson’s responsibilities include the expansion and implementation of professional development programs for all employees of the Commission.

With over 11 years financial services experience, Ms. M. Alva McCall’s focus in her role as Deputy Director, AML/CFT is on developing and implementing the Commission’s anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing supervisory strategy. Ms. McCall is also tasked with the coordination of the Commission’s action plan from the National Risk Assessment exercise. Ms. McCall resumed her employment with the Commission effective 23 September 2019, following a three-year secondment to the Government of the Virgin Islands (U.K.), in her role as Deputy Financial Secretary, Ministry of Finance.

With over 10 years of Financial Services experience, Mrs. Kishelle Blaize-Cameron is currently the Deputy Director, Investment Business Division at the Financial Services Commission. In addition to her Investment Business duties, she also acts as Chairman of the Commission’s FinTech Working Group and Deputy Chair of the Commission’s Risk Monitoring Committee.